Thanks Ken, I didn't have this. This was my Uncle Bud, they all had nicknames. I don't think we knew their real names until we were almost teens. His son Chuck must have been called that after they moved to Calif and then WA. We only knew him as C.L. back here. He was a wild one and he died that way, racing those boats off the coast of Calif. They said his went up in the air and just exploded. He was a favorite cousin of everyone's of course, always fun. The family whispered that he ran whiskey up from Texas while they still lived in OK. OK was supposedly dry until about 1956. But even kids knew who the bootleggers were. Then CL tried to join the OHP and said they just laughed. He had outran most of them round these parts. My Aunt Sis (Chloe) said he loved to tease his Mom and once out in Ca. she was there for Sunday dinner with them, he came in to the kitchen with his mom's parakeet between two slices of bread and told her he was going to eat it, if they didn't hurry up dinner. He wouldn't have hurt a feather on that bird but Aunt Sis said his mom Bulah always fell for his jokes and was just openmouthed. His dad Uncle Bud was more serious than most of the family, he never lingered finishing his iced tea at the table, when he finished eating, he was up and at it, even on weekends. I don't know much about him except that he was a hard worker and loved his family. That's a pretty good memory to leave. Nova My Gosh, what a lot of great memories you have brought me today. Thanks for the Obit. Nova In a message dated 11/22/2011 9:46:28 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: The Seattle Times Seattle, WA May 15, 1977 Charles Lee Skaggs 16118 120th Avenue, S.E., Renton, WA May 12. Beloved husband of Bulah. Father of Joe and Gene, all of Renton. Brother of E. M. Skaggs, Tulsa, Chloe Giggs, Davis, Ohio; Ozzie Stephens, Norman, OK; Hattie Palmertree, Norman, OK. Ten grandchildren, one great-granddaughter. One son, Chuck Skaggs, preceded him in death. Services Monday, 1 p.m., Washington Memorial Funeral Home. Burial, Washington Memorial Park. This is Nova's grandfather Skaggs. Ken ------------------------------- Visit the Palmertree Family History website at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message